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SCOLLAN Family History

This interesting surname with variant spellings Scotland, Scolland, Scollan, etc. is derived from the rare Norman personal name Escotland, composed of the ethnic name "Scot" plus "land" meaning "territory". It may also be a locational name from Scotland near Loch Leven in Kinross. The personal name dates back to the late 11th Century and recordings include Scotlandus (1081), Kent, "Feudal Documents from the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, London, Scollandus (1086), "The Domesday Book" and Gaufridus filius Scollandi (1130), "The Pipe Rolls of Hampshire.